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MORRIS URI BERNHEIM, 0F LOUISVILLE,

KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, BY HESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE .ALVEY-FEBGUSON COMPANY, OF OAKLEY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, A.

CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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, Application filed May 13, 1909. Serial No. 495,706.

To all whom it may con 7%.

Be it known that I, Momus URI BERN- nnm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeflerson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers,of which the following is a specification. y 1

This invention relates to certain improvements in conveying systems of the type, speakinggenerally, wherein 'a vertical elevator is employed in conjunction with means for feeding thereto and therefrom the goods which are to be transported thereby.

Many systems of this kind have been proposed, but hitherto none of them have been capable of delivering to" the elevator and conveying therefrom, in an entirely automatic manner and with absolutecert-ainty, boxes and similar'things of various sizes and kinds and of different or ordinary constructions and sizes, such as are handled in bottling houses, packing houses, warehouses, etc., and, consequently which do not themselves form a part of the conveying system.

The principal aim of'my. invention is'to provide avsystem embodying a vertical elevator and feeding devices, so related to each' other that boxes and other packages, forming no part of the conveying system and of ordinary constructiomsuch' as are handled be picked up by t e elevator, transported thereby to the floor for which it is intepded rom the elevator and carried ofi to the ace at which it is to be discharged,'all with cer-' tainty and entirely automaticallyexcept for the incidental adjustment of a certain part or parts to ermit the packages to passby the same, w ereby important purposes are subserved which have not been accom l-ished by any apparatus or system of this type hitherto proposed. This rincip'al aim of iied b means of a system, such as that herein isclosed as exemplary of what I now regard to be the, bestform thereof, wherein there is essen tially employed, (1) vertically, or approxi? mately vertically, traveling members, (2 a plurality of platforms pivotally suspen ed.

therefrom, having lateral. openings therethrough, ('3) horizontally,.or approximately horizontally, arrangedtteed or discharge members projecting into the planes of said 1 openings, and having endless traveling packpackage-conveying means during the intervals between the periods when said platforms pass, the feed members. 3 The invention consists broadly in this combination of elements, and, further, in certain peculiarities in the construction and arrangement of arts, and in certain other novel combinations of elements, all substantially as hereinafter described and articularly pointed out in the subjoined c aims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the Ipreferred embodiment of my invention:' igure 1 is a side elevation, shown bodying my improvements. Fig 2 is a detail its actuating means, including a part of the 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts represented in Fig. 2, and which would appear below the plane of the line '3-3, Fig.1, for example. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail side view showing a difierent form of feeder or discharge!- .which may be employed and Fig. 6 is a p an view of the form represented in Fig. 5. Fig. 7. is a side elevation of a pair of feeders or dischargers, which maybe employed. Fig. '8 is a detail view intended more particularly to show the beveled inter-engaging faces of the means for operating the clutch 43; and Fig. 9 is a view of the upper end of the elevator, with parts broken away, particularly intended to show the correlation of parts when a platform is passing from its ascendingrto its descending course of travel.

he. same characters of reference designate the same parts in the several views. ,For convenience in explaining the invenber, designated generally by the character A, which travelsin a vertical plane; aplurality or series of platforms, designated generally by the reference character B,

lateral openings; 'feed or discharge members, designated generally by the character, C, which are arranged in horizontal or approximately horizontal plane and intersect the plane of movement of the packages on the carrier, said feed or discharge members having endless-traveling package-conveying age-eonveying means, and (4) means for in-' termittently moving said endless traveling View of one of the feeders or dischargers and elevator, drawn to a larger scale than Fig.

somewhat diagrammatically, of a system emtion I will state that it comprises a memwhich travel with said member and have 1.05

means, and means designated generally by the character D, for intermittently moving the endless traveling package conveying means of the feed or discharge members during the intervals between the periods when the platforms pass said members.

While other constructions than those hereiirset forth may be employed, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims, yet the particular constructions herein illustrated and described most effectively lend themselves to, and'combine with each other in the production of.the important purposes which I have in view,.and, therefore, are made the subject of claims which are more and less restricted thereto.

Referring now to the forms of the invention exemplified by .the drawings, I would nected with each other and braced, as by, transverse members 2 arranged at proper.

call attention to the fact that the member A forms the platform-carrying part of a vertical or. straight lift elevator. This elevator has its frame composed of uprights 1 arranged in the four corners thereof, as usual. These uprights extend from top to bottom of the elevator and are suitably conintervals.

The members A referred to consists of a pair of chains 5 and 6 which run bvert sprockets 7 and 8 suitably supported at the top and bottom of the elevator. To the shaft of one of the sprockets, as 7, a driving motor 9 of any suitable kind is connected.

Each of the-uprights-l is preferably made of angle irons, arranged to form guides for the chainwhieh runs therein.

Each of the platforms B- is provided with a pair of vertically extending arms 10,- the lower portionsof which are connected 'with each other by a transverse bar 11 which supports a plurality of fingers 12 which extend forward and rearward therefrom, and are adapted to carry boxes, barrels, bags and other packages to be elevated. These fingers are separated from each other by spaces 13 which constitute lateral openings formed in the platform. The platform is arranged between the pair of chains 5 and 6 and each of its upwardly extending arms 10 is carried by a stub-shaft 14 which in 'turn is carried by the contiguous chain, 5

or 6. These parts are so correlated that the platform is piyotallysuspended .from

the pair of traveling chains. and connects said chainswith each .other.

, Pendent from the opposite sides of each platform is a pair of rollers 15 which'rurr 'mf ,the channels of the contiguous frame; members 1 and bytheir engagement with.

the walls thereof serve to restrict the lat eral vibration of ,the pivotally suspended platforms, with a minimum of friction.

elevator. should terized' by the These rollers are here shown as carried by extensions 10 of the arms 10, though they may be supported in other ways, if desired.

At the top of the elevator, arched'or convexly-curved fixed straps 16 are arranged.

They extend from the front side to the rear side of the elevator, that is to say, from its receiving toits delivering side, in position.

to form tracks uponwhich the rollers 15 run While passing from-the receiving to the delivering side of the elevator. In practice, there is employed a series of the platforms referred to, supported and guided in the manner referred to.

' The elevator may be made of any desired height and to extend, if necessary,

from the bottom to the top of a building of any; height, through openings in the floors of said building. This is clearly shown in Fig. 1, in which the several floors of a build- -ing re designated by the characters 100 1 4,;inclusive, and the openings therein are designated by the characters 101-104, inclusive. On each of said floors there is arranged a gravity conveyer, or a suitable system of conveyors, X, which feeds the packages toward the receiving sideof the elevator, and on each floor there is the height of the elevator and therpartieular requirements as to the capacity which the answer, and may be varied, as desired.

Between each of the conveyers X and Y and the contiguous side of the elevatorthe before-mentioned approximately horizontal feed and dischargemembers C are arranged. These members practically form continuations of the respective conveyers. They may be slightly inclined to an extent correspond.-

ing with the grade of the gravity conveyers, 'as shown in Fi 1,'in which they are shown as approximate y though not exactly .horizontal, or they may be truly horizontal, as shown in other shown on the. right hand side in Fig. 1, serve to. deliver the packages from the conveyers X, to the elevator, w bers slgownon the left hand side of said figure, e'rveito, deliver'the packages. frmn the elevator to the conveyers Y. ach of the foedingmembers i's characile the discharge mem- FQS SGS thB planefigures. The feed members of travel of the platforms and has portions which register with the openings 13 between the forwardly and rearwardly extehdingfingers 1 2 when the latter are po-' sition to receive or deliver packages, and also has longitudinal openings through which said fingers pass and a transverse space Which permits passage of the cross bar 11 of the platforms. They are also provided with intermittently moved package-carrying and feeding devices, which are located and further is such that the packages are fed.

to the elevator from the gravity conveyer, or from the elevator to the gravity conveyer,

by the intermittently-moved feeding devices,

whose movements are so timed as to assure proper delivery'of the packages to or from the platforms.

Various means exemplifying what I "regard as suitable for the purposes are shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the form shown best in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the feeding or discharging member is composed of four separated sections 25, 25 and 35, 35. The sections 25 are located on one side of the vertical plane traversed by the of the package on crossbars l1 and in position to between the forwardly-extending parts of the fingers 12, while the sections 35 are located on the other side of said vertical p'laneand' in position to be between the rearwardly-extend- 111g parts of said fingers. Said feeding or 'dischargingmember thus is provided with longitudinal openings 26 and 27 and with a.

transverse opening 28. The endless traveling package conveying. device, in this form is a chain 29 extending over sprockets 30* and 30 and provided with rollers 31-which run upon a floor 32 having a track 32 therefor.

This causes the rollers to rotate on theirown axes while they arebeing moved bodily bythe chains. The package rests upon these rollers and in addition to being moved withthe chains, is fed forward on the rollers by the rotation of the latter.' The package therefore travels, at a speed greater than that of the chains, whereby it moves a greater distance in a given ength of time than otherwise. The tracks 32 by their frictional resistance to the rollers stop the rotation of the latter upon the conclusion of their travcling movement and thus cause movement the rollers to cease. The

to the elefeeding movement of the package vator is timedto end at or before a plat-' form reaches a' feeder, and, similarly, the

movement of the discharger atthe other side of the elevator'is' timedlto commence when a platform has passed by the same and has deposited its package thereon.

The means (D) which I prefer for transmitting intermittent movement to the traveling chains of each of the feed and: discharge members compriscs a pair of shafts 36 and 36*, which are provided with sprockets 37 and 38. These sprockets 37 and 38 engage an endless chain 39, the working stretch of which is parallel to the cont-iguous elevator chain and is of any suitable mittently from the adjacent continuously moving platform-carrying chain of the ele vator, through the medium of a suitable part or parts which derive movement' from the. latter chain. In the present exemplifica-' tion of the invention, the chains 39 are provided with spaced fprojections 40 (there being a plurality 0 such projections from each chain 39) which extendi'ihto the path of the rollers 15. As said rollers-15 partake',

of the traveling. movement of the platformcar'ryingchains and are arranged immediately below the platforms, it. will be ap-- parent that each of the chains '39 which is associated with a feeder will be operated during the ascending movement of each platform, whereby the endless conveyer of each feeder will opera e to feed a package positively into position to be. taken up by the next succeeding platform; while each of length. Each chain 39 is operated inter-- the chains 39 associated with a discharge! I will similarly. be operated during. the de-' scending movement of each platform to.

operate the endless conveyer of each discharger to positively carry the package 011' as soon as the package has been deposited on said conveyer. This intermittent movement is communicated to the chains. 29 by suitable means. As herein shown, the before mentioned sprockets 30 of the chains aremounted on a shaft .300 upon which ,is mounted a sprocket 41 which. engages a chain 42, which runs over a sprocket 41 on the shaft 36. of the actuating means; and hence transmits movement to the chains 29.

In ractice, a feeding device and a dischargingdevice are preferably located at opposite sides of the elevator on each floor an provision must be made for adgustmg to an inoperative position those which are not'being used to deliver packages to or 1?? ceive packages from the elevator. To th s end the sections 25 are each fixed to their ,shaft300 which'acts as a pivot upon which not be transmitted to the. chains of the feeders or dischargers at thistime, means are provided. whereby the latter are automatically disconnected from their actuating mechanism while the feeder or discharger which carries them is being adjusted to inoperative position. A suitable means for this purpose embodies a clutch 43 which is interposed between the sprocket 41 'and the shaft 300 and has its movable member keyed upon the shaft and moved to and from its companion by a spring-pressed anglearm :44 having a beveled face 45 which is en- I member with its companion while said feed r to prevent the packages from traveling bemember is being moved into the path of travel of said carriers. When in its raised the progress of any packages thereonto the gravity Way. In the form shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, each frame section 35 is provided with freely-rotatable rollers 35 onto which the packages are fed by the traveling packagecarrying and feeding devices on the sections 25. This forms a simple-means which may be desirable in many cases. At the end'of each of'these sections a stop 35 is provided yond the same. The ends of these sections are pivotally mounted on a shaft 35 whereby they may be turned up into inoperative po'sltlon, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In some cases however it will be preferred to have the sections-rearward of the transverserplatform bar 11, as well as those forward thereof, provided with traveling packmaining figures of the drawin Int-he form shown in Figs. 5 andfi sai j. 'evi'ces are identical with those already described, being merely repeated in the sections 350 corresponding to the sections 35 of the previous form. The shaft 351 of this device is driven by a chain-mechanismwvhich is a duplicate of.v that which has been already described and lieved to be unnecessary.

Inthe form shown in Fig, mass belts 290 and 2911' arefsub'stituted for the feeding chains-,29ifl1iid-350 of the previously "de- M scribed forms. It will be apparent-that 66 I-Iaving-nOW 'described -the invention what freel rotatablerollers," such asthose numbere 35 already described, may be used in this f m in l'iuof therinnerbeltg .29 4" openings,

position the feed member acts as a stofp to age feeding devices, as indicated in the reshown atthe right hand of-this figure, 0 includes the clutch mechanism set. .Further description is therefore, be-

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Letters Patent, is

1. A conveyer comprising a vertically traveling member, a series of platforms pivo-tally suspended therefrom and having lateral openings, approximately horizontal members projecting into the planes of said openings and provided with endless travel- 1 ing package-carrying means, and means whereby said endless-traveling packagecarrying means are automatically moved intermittently "at predetermined times with relation to the movement of the plat-form to positively convey packages relatively to said platforms.

2. A conveyer comprising vertical endless travelers, a plurality of platforms pivotally suspended therefrom and having lateral an approximately horizontal feeder operatively related to the ascending platforms, a discharger operatively related to the descending platforms, eahh said feeder and discharger having an endless traveling package carrying means, means whereby the endlesstraveling package-ear rying 'me'an's of the feeder is moved intermittently from the vertical endless traveler, to positively carry a package into a plane which is intersected b the plane of travel I of the ascending plat orms, and means for intermittently moving. the endless-traveling v )acka e-conve in means of the, dischar" er I s tiv'ely'carry a package deposited thereon by a descending platform away from the plane of travel of the descending platforms.

from the vertical endless traveler, to posiv 3. In a conveyer system, an elevator prov vided with package carriers having forwardly andrearwardly projecting parts,

combined with a feedmg or discharging means therefor adapted to'permit the carriers to pass andhaving two complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a package in the plane of travel of the carrier and respectively cooperating with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof iii'the transfer of the packages, one

of said portions of the feeding or discharging means having traveling rollers which engage the packages and means for causing-- said rollers to rotate while they are travel ing.

4. In a'conveyer syst vided with package carriers having forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts,

combined with a feeding or dischargmg means therefor adapted to permit the carriers to pass and having two complementary portions so arranged asmutually to support i a packa e in the plane of travel of the carrier an respectively cooperating withthe forward and rearwardly projectingparts thereof], the transfer of the packages, eachof said .ortionsof the feeding or discha'rg having rollers which engage "the? packages and means whereby the rollers of one of said portions are caused to travel intermittently.

5.v In a conveyor system, an elevator provided with package carriersjhaving forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts,

combined with a 'feeding or dischargingmeans therefor adapted to permit the carriers to pass and having two complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a package in.the plane of travel of the car-i rier and respectively cooperating With the forwardly and. rearwardly pro ecting parts thereof in the transfer of the packages, each of said portions of the feeding or discharging means having rollers which engage the pack ages, the rollers of one of said portions having means for causing them to travel and means for causing them to rotate while they are traveling.

6. 'In a conveyer system,' an elevator provided with package carriers having forwardly and rearward-1y projecting parts,

combined with' a feeding or discharging means therefor adapted to permit the carriers topass and having two complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support Y a package in the plane of travel of the carp rier' and respectively cooperating with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof in the transfer of the packages, one

of said. portions of the feeding ordischarging means having endless traveling means for feeding-the packages thereon and means for imparting intermittent movement to said endless traveling means.

7 .In a conveyer system, an -elevator provided with package carriers having forwardly and rea-rwardly projecting parts and continuously movable means which carry the same, combined with a feeding or discharging means, adapted I topermit the car-I riers to pass and having two complementary portions so .arranged as mutually to support a-package inwthe plane of travel of a carrier and respectively cooperating with the forwardly and rearwardly extending portions thereof in the traiisfer of the pack;

age, one of said portions of the feeding oi discharging means having endless packageconveying means andmeans actuated by the movable means of the elevator for impart-I 7 ing intermittent movement to'the packag conveying means of the feeding or discharging means.

'8. In a conveyer system, anelevator provided with package-carriers having forwardly and rearwardlyprojecting parts and continuously movable means which carry the same, combined with a feeding; or dischargingmeans adapted to permit-the.car-

riers to pass-an having two complementary portions soar-ranged as mutually to support a package in the plane of travel of. a car'- rierandfrespectively cooperating with the wardly and'rearwardly projecting fp o forwardly and rearwardly extending portions thereof in the transfer of the package, each of said portions of the feeding or-discharging means having package-supporting rollers, and one of said portions having means intermittently actuated by a continuously-movable pa' fit of the elevator for imparting intermittent travel to its saidrollers.

9. In a. conveyer system,,an elevator provided with package-carriers having forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts and continuously movable means which carry the same, combined with a feeding or discharging means adapted to permit the carriers 'to pass and 'having two complementaryportions so arranged as mutually to support a package in the plane of travel of .a carrier and respectively cooperating with the forwardly and rearwardly extending portions thereof in the transfer of the package, each of said portions of the feeding or discharging means having package-supporting rollers, and means intermittently actuated by a continuously-movable part of the elevator for imparting intermittent travel to said rollers.

10. In a conveying system, an elevator provided with package-carriers having forlOl 11. In a conveyer system, an elevator provided with package-carriers having forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts, a feeding or discharging 'meanstherefor comprising a plurality of spaced separated sec' tions relatively arranged to permit the carriers to pass and mutually to sup ort a package in the plane of travel of said for- .wardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof, each ofsaid sections having package-supporting rollers, and means 1; im* partingtraveling movement. to the rollers.

of the sections which cooperate with the for 1 wardl projecting parts of the carrlers.

12. n a conveyer system an elevator provided with package carriers having forfeeding orjdischarging means there r oomprising-a plurality of spaced separated sec= tions relatively arranged to permit the cararts, a.

riers to 'pass and mutually to support a package in the plane of travel of said forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts if thereof, each'of said sections having pack age-supporting rollers, and means for imparting intermittent traveliir movement to the rollers of the sections w i'ch cooperate with the forwardly projecting parts of the carriers. 7 j

13. Ina conveyer system an elevator provided with package-carriers having for- I wardly and rearwardly projecting parts, a

feeding or discharging means therefor-comprising a plurality of spaced separated sections relatively arranged to permit the carlriersto pass and mutually to sup ort a package in the plane of travel of said forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof, each of said sections havin" packl age-supporting rollers, and means or imwith the forwardly projecting partsof the. carriers including an actuating elementparting intermittent traveling movement to.

the rollers of the sections which cooperate which is operated bya continuously-moving part of the elevator. l p a v 14. In a conveyer system, an elevator provided with package carriers having forwardly and rearwardly-projecting parts,

combined with feeding or discharging f means therefor adapted to permit the car-- riers to pass and having two complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a package in theplane of travel of the carrier and respectively cooperate with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof in the transfer of the packages, one of said portions being movable into and out of operative position and having a traveling package-conveying element thereon, means whereby said element is operated by the ele-.

vator, and means automatically operated to disconnect said element from its actuating part of the elevator when the feeding .or discharging portion which carries it is in inoperative position. i 15. In a conveyer system, an elevator provided with package carriers having for wardly and rearwardly-projecting ,parts,

- and provided .with traveling means which carry the'same combined with feeding or discharging means therefor ada ted to permit the carriers tofpass and" living two) complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a package in the, plane of travel of the carrier and res ectively cooperate with the forwardly an rearwardly projecting parts thereof in the transfer of -the packages, one of said portions being movable into and out of operative position and havin a traveling packa e-conveying element th reon, means where y said ele-l ment is operated from the said traveling means of the elevator, and means whereby the traveling means of the elevator and the traveling means of the feeder or discharger are automatically disconnected from each otherwh'en thelatter is in inoperative position.

16. In a conveyer system, an elevator provided with package carriers having forwardly and rearwardly-projecting parts,

and provided with traveling means which o carry the same combined with feeding or discharging means therefor adaptedto permit the carriers to pass and having two. complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a travel 'ofthe carrier and respectively cooperate'with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof in the transferof,

package in the plane of the packages, one of said portions being movable into and out of operative position and having a traveling package-feeding or discharging element thereon, means where= by said element is operated from the. said a traveling means of the elevator, includinga clutch, and means whereby'the elements'of a conveyer system,;.'an elevator.

and provided with traveling means which carry the same combined with feeding or discharging means therefor adapted to permit the carriers to pass and aving two i complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a dackage in the plane of travel of the carrier and respectively 00- operate with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts thereof in the transfer of the packages, onev of said portions being movable into and out of operative posit-ions andhaving a traveling package-conyeying element thereon, means whereby sa1d ele-' ment is operated from the said, travel ng means of the elevator, including a clutch,"

and an arm vwhich acts on one member of' the clutch and is provided with a spring for movingit in one direction and means for moving it in the other direction, to'automatically disconnect said member ofthe clutch from its companion in the movement of the feeder or discharger to inoperative position and automatically re-connect the same in the movement of the feeder tooperative' position.

18. In a conveyer system, an" elevator provided with endless traveling elements and package-carryin platforms carried thereby, combined with feeders ordis chargers spaced-apart along the length of' v the elevator,- on the receiving and discharging sides thereof and extending into *the plane of travel ofthe platformsyt, wann means on the feeders or disehargers and means actuated from said endle s'straveling elements "for intermittently moving the v traveling means on the feeders or displatforms and adapted to permit the plat- -two complementary portions forms to pass, each feederand discharger having con'iplementary portions which re: spectively cooperate with the forwardly andrearwardly extending elements of the platform, traveling means on the feeders and dischargers and means actuated from the endless traveling elements of the elevator for intermittently moving the traveling means on the feeders and dischargers during the intervals between the periods when the platforms pass the same.

20. In a conveying system, an elevator provided with a package-carrying platform, combined with a package conveyer arranged on the receiving side of the elevator and comprising two con'iplementary p01 tions which mutually intersect the plane of travel of the platform, each of said portions having package conveying rollers, and means whereby intermittent traveling movement is imparted to the rollers of one of said portions at a predetermined time in the travel of the platform.

'21. In a conveyor system, an elevator provided with package carrying platform's, combined with a means arranged at the discharge'side of the elevator and comprising" two complementary portions mutually intersecting the plane of travel of the platform and each provided with package conveying-rollers, the rollers of the outer of said portions provided with means for causing the same to travel when a package has been deposited thereon by a platform.

22. In a conveyor system, an elevator provided with package carrying platforms, combined with a means arranged at the discharge side of the elevator-and comprising mutually intersecting the plane of travel of the platform and each provided with package feeding rollersfthe rollers of the outerof said portions-being provided with means for causing, the same to travel when a packag'e, has been deposited thereon by a platform, the latter means comprising endless travel ing chains connected to the rollers, :and means connected with said chains for actu-' ating the same intermittently.

23. In a conveyer system, an elevator rovided with package carrying platforms, combined with a. means -arranged at the discharge side' of the elevator and comprising two complementary portions mutually intersecting the plane of travel of the platform and each provided with package feeding rollers, the rollers of the outer of sald portions provided with means for causing the same to travel when a package has been deposited thereon by a platform, the latter in *anscomprising endless traveling chains connected to the rollers, and means connected with said -chains for actuating the same intermittently, having an actuating element which is intermittently operated by a movingpart of the elevator.

24. In a conveyor system, an elevator provided with a continuously movable endless t traveling means anda package carrier carried thereby, combined with a feeder or discharge-r which intersects the plane of movement of the package on said carrier, said fcedenor discliarger having a traveling mentnand means for moving said traveling element intermittently comprising an endless traveling means arranged alongside a run of the endless traveling means of the elevator/a device projecting from one of the endless traveling means into the plane of travel of a part movable with the other throughout a portion of its travel, for 1111-, parting intermittent motion to the endless traveling means of the actuating means of the'feeder or discharge]; and means for transmitting said movement to the traveling element of the feeder.

25. In a conveyer system, an elevator having a continuously-movable endless traveling element provided with package-carriers, anendless traveling chain arranged alongside a' runthereof and parallel therewith throughout a' portion of the length of the latter, projections extending from one of said parts into the plane of travel of a part movable with the other for imparting intermittent movement to said chain, a feeder or movement of the packages on thecarriers and is providedwitha and means for transmitting intermittent movement from the chain to the last-mentioned traveling element;

' 26. In a/conveyer system, an elevator havdischarger which intersects the plane of 1 v traveling element, M

from the chain to the comprising a vertically traveling member ,having a package-carryingplat-form which is pivotally suspended therefrom and provided with lateral openings, a gravity con- Veyer arranged on one side of said elevator and with its end spaced therefrom, and a member operatively' related to said end of the gravityconveyer and projecting into the plane of said opening, said member having an endless traveling means which conveys the package between the gravity conveyer and elevator and means for intermittently moving its saidendless means during the intervals between the periods when the platforms pass the same.

28. In a conveying system, an elevator comprising endless devices, means whereby said devices are caused to travel in anapproximately vertical direction, package-carrying platforms which are pivotally suspended "from said devices and have lateral openings, a gravity conveyer arranged on one side of said elevator with its end spaced therefrom, amember arranged in the space between the gravity conveyer and elevator and projecting into the plane of said open-1 ings, said member having traveling package conveying means arranged approximately in the plane of the bed or way of the gravity conveyer, and means for imparting intermittent movement to said travelingpackage-conveying means from the endless devices of the elevator. I

29. In a conveying-system, an elevator comprising endless devices; means whereby said devices are caused to travel in an. approximately vertical direction, package-carryin'g platforms which are pivotally snspended-from said devices and have lateral.

openings, a gravity conveyer arranged on one side of said elevator with its end spaced therefrom, a member arranged int-he space betweenthe gravity conveyer and elevator and projecting into the plane of said openings, said member having endless traveling package-conveying means arranged approximately in the plane-of the bed or way of the gravity conveyer, endless traveling means having spaced projections arranged to be operated from the first-mentioned endless devices, and means connecting said endless traveling means with said package-conveying means for imparting intermittent movement to the latter at predetermined times in the travel lof the endless traveling devices of theelevator.

30. In a conveying systemyan elevator comprising a vertically traveling member.

having a package carrying platforinwwhieh is pivotally suspended therefrom -andapro vided with lateral openings, 1 gravity ison f veyer arranged on one, side of the elevatar with its end spaced therefrom, a memhrer arranged, in? the space between the gravity messes conveyer and elevator and projecting into the plane of said openings, said member times in the moveing parts, a gravity conveyer arranged on one side of said elevator with its end spaced therefrom, and a member arranged in the space between the gravity conveyer and ele-v vator, said-member. being adapted to permit the plat-forms to pass and having two complementary portions so arranged as mutually to support a package in the plane of travel of the platforms and respectively cooperating With the forwardly and rear- -Wardly projecting parts of the latter in the transfer of the packages, one of said portions of said means having endless traveling means arranged approximately in the plane of the bed or way of the gravity conveyer,

andmeans whereby intermittent movement 18 given thereto from a moving part of the elevator.

32. In a conveying system, an elevator provided wlthpackage carrying platforms having forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts, a gravity conveyer arranged on one side of said elevator with its end spaced therefrom, and a member arranged "in the space between the gravity conveyer and elethe platforms to pass and having two complememtary portions so arranged;' as muvator, said member being adapted to permit .tually to support a package in the plane of travelof the'platforms and respect-ively'cooperating with the forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts of the latter in the I transfer of the packages, each of said portions having rollers and means for causing the rollers of one of said port-ions to rotate and travel intermittently, said means including elements whereby said traveling movement is given from a moving'part of the elevator.

33.' In a conveying system, an elevator comprising endless devices, means whereby.

said devices are caused to travel in an approximately vertical dlrectiom'package carrying platforms which are plvotally suspendedffrom sa id devices and have lateral openings, agravity conveyer arranged on one side of said elevator with its end spaced therefrom, a member arranged in v the space between the gravity conveyer and elevator and-projectinginto the planes of said openingsleflthe platforms, said member having package conveying rollers whiclfare arranged approkima-tely in the plane of the determined times in the travel of the endless traveling devices of the levator, said means including connections whereby: said traveling movement is given the rollers from said endless traveling ,devices of the elevator.

In a conveying system, an elevator comprising a vertically traveling member having package carrying platforms which arepivotally suspended therefrom and are provided with lateral openings, gravity conveyers arranged on opposite sides of said elevator with their ends spaced therefrom, a feed member and a discharge member respectively arranged between the gravity conveyors and the elevator and projecting into the planes of said openings, each of said members having endless traveling package conveying means which are arranged approximately in the planes of the beds or ways of their respective gravity conveyers and means whereby said endless traveling means are caused to travel intermittently at predetermined times in the movement of the platforms.

35. In a conveying system, an elevator comprising a vertically traveling member having package carrying platforms which are pivotally suspended therefrom and are provided with lateral openings, gravity conveyers arranged on opposite sides of said elevator with their ends spaced therefrom, a feed member and adischa'rge'member respectively arranged between the gravity conveyers and the elevator and projecting into the planes of said openings, each of said members having endless traveling package conveying rollers and means whereby said rollers are caused to' travel intermittently and to rotate while traveling, said means including connect-ions for giving traveling movement to the rollers'from a moving part of the'elevator.

36. In a conveying system, an elevator ber and a. discharging member respectively arranged between the gravity'conveyers and elevator, said parts being adapted to permit the platforms to pass and having two com plementary port-ions so arranged as mutually tosupport a package in the plane of travel of the platforms and respectively cooperating with the. forwardly and rearwardly projecting parts of the latter in the comprising a vertically traveling member transferof the packages, each of said por:

. their said rollers connected and mounted for traveling and rotative movements, and

means for causing the latter rollersto travel 

